Cute Purple Bunny: July 2012

Monday, July 30, 2012

Random Facts You'll Never Need to Know

Lightning DOES strike twice. The Empire State building is hit at least 100 times per year.
That little dot above the lowercase "i" is called a tittle.
The biggest number in the world is a "googolplexianth" or 1 followed by a googleplexian of zeros.
The full name for Los Angeles is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncul."
The full name for artist Pablo Picasso is "Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso."
The crust in the corners of your eyes when you wake up is a mucus called rheum.
A large statue of Winnie-The-Pooh stands in Lima, Peru.
17 tons of gold is used in the U.S. each year to make wedding rings.
A dime has 118 ridges cut into the edge.
Crayola crayons have over 120 different colours.
Crayola is a French word that translates to "oily chalk".
Each second, two Barbie dolls are sold.
Barbie's real name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will go crazy and sting itself to death.
Ants stretch, and yawn, before starting the day.
The blue whales tongue weighs more then most elephants.
Elephants are the only mammals who can't jump.
Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
The "pound" symbol "#" is called an octothorpe.
A pregnant goldfish is called a "Twit".
A goldfish has a memory span of only 3 seconds.
The plastic things at the end of shoelaces are called "aglets".
A frog throws up it's stomach, cleans the contents out, then swallows it back down.
The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
The word "lethologica" means you aren't able to remember the word you want.
There are 450 types of cheese in the world, and 240 come from France.
Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories per hour.
The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for the book most often stolen from the library.